Out in the Hamptons, explicit discrimination poses as a defense of religious liberty as the privileged majority says permitting Orthodox Jews to travel to their Sabbath services would violate the First Amendment. Hmmm, imposing limits on the freedom of minorities in the name of "religious liberty" -- where have we heard that before? Read more
Scot McKnight on zealotry; Beverly Mann on corporations as religious "people;" Andrew Sullivan on contraceptive coverage; newspaper columnist Duncan Black calls for an increase in Social Security benefits; and Rebecca Schoenkopf attempts to embrace Sen. Rand Paul's idea of "freedom." Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Off-limits relatives. Read more
The Yaris is now officially paid off, so I am now in that sweet spot of indeterminate length -- the space of time between when you're done with car payments and when your car starts breaking down so much that repairs start to exceed the cost of those former payments. Read more
Let me get this out of the way first: If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve. I commend the pontiff, 85, for stepping down rather than clinging to power -- an example of leadership not always understood by church leaders, absolute monarchs, or people who happen to be both. Read more
“Basically, we pray for the community,” said Jose Rojas, pastor of the church. "This is the horror of the whole country. There are all these shootings. ... I think it’s too much, too much to see innocent people being killed.” Read more
I responded with a list of species that had become extinct in the 20th century. And invited Beisner to reconcile this list with his claim that "there is no good reason to believe that species extinctions are occurring much more rapidly than … perhaps one per century." Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Mixed marriages. Read more
Do we need a "new" Christian sexual ethic? Well, yes. But not because the old one needs replacing. We need a new Christian sexual ethic because we haven't got an old one to replace. Read more
Leftover notes from the week that was, including: Chiune Sugihara, bureaucrat and hero; why we need Saturday and Sunday mail; Mary Lou Retton and the Mennonite menace; Lenny Kravitz sits in; charity produces a confused sports history; imaginary opposites; the trouble with "kids these days;" girls were a diamond's best friends; and proclaiming the Bible "dead, dead, dead." Read more
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